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-# Order matters. The last matching pattern takes precedence.
-
-### Package Exports
-
-**/exports/ @denolfe @jmikrut @DanRibbens
-
-### Packages
-
-/packages/plugin-cloud*/src/ @denolfe @jmikrut @DanRibbens
-/packages/email-*/src/ @denolfe @jmikrut @DanRibbens
-/packages/live-preview*/src/ @jacobsfletch
-/packages/plugin-stripe/src/ @jacobsfletch
-/packages/plugin-multi-tenant/src/ @JarrodMFlesch
-/packages/richtext-*/src/ @AlessioGr
-/packages/next/src/ @jmikrut @jacobsfletch @AlessioGr @JarrodMFlesch
-/packages/ui/src/ @jmikrut @jacobsfletch @AlessioGr @JarrodMFlesch
-/packages/storage-*/src/ @denolfe @jmikrut @DanRibbens
-/packages/create-payload-app/src/ @denolfe @jmikrut @DanRibbens
-/packages/eslint-*/ @denolfe @jmikrut @DanRibbens @AlessioGr
-
-### Templates
-
-/templates/_data/ @denolfe @jmikrut @DanRibbens
-/templates/_template/ @denolfe @jmikrut @DanRibbens
-
-### Build Files
-
-**/tsconfig*.json @denolfe @jmikrut @DanRibbens @AlessioGr
-**/jest.config.js @denolfe @jmikrut @DanRibbens @AlessioGr
-
-### Root
-
-/package.json @denolfe @jmikrut @DanRibbens
-/tools/ @denolfe @jmikrut @DanRibbens
-/.husky/ @denolfe @jmikrut @DanRibbens
-/.vscode/ @denolfe @jmikrut @DanRibbens @AlessioGr
-/.github/ @denolfe @jmikrut @DanRibbens